- Thread starter nickk
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Had to check it's not 1st April!Looks like a dinosaur about to have dinner ;-)
Seriously though. It looks like the bottom half of the spade terminal has been in the crimper, when should have been left untouched. To get the correct orientation, lay a fresh, uncrimped terminal in the same orientation as the one on the picture, and the jaws of the crimper as they are. Pivot the top of the terminal towards the viewer, place the stripped cable into the terminal so that the insulation lies within the topmost metal "wings" and then place the crimper jaws around the terminal, with the top "wings" fitting into the slightly wider part of the die, and crimp. The crimped terminal should look something like this:
Seriously though. It looks like the bottom half of the spade terminal has been in the crimper, when should have been left untouched. To get the correct orientation, lay a fresh, uncrimped terminal in the same orientation as the one on the picture, and the jaws of the crimper as they are. Pivot the top of the terminal towards the viewer, place the stripped cable into the terminal so that the insulation lies within the topmost metal "wings" and then place the crimper jaws around the terminal, with the top "wings" fitting into the slightly wider part of the die, and crimp. The crimped terminal should look something like this:
